Receptacle



T. C. SPELLING. RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, I9I7.

` Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

UNITED STATES THOMAS C. SPELLING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 1T, 1920.

Application led September 7, 1917. Serial No. 190,112.

Y 10 all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS C. SPELLING, acitizen of the United States, residing at N ew York city, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to receptacles for ink, pen and other materialsuseful in writing with a pen. It has for an object the provision of acontaining member having a compartment additional to that adapted tocontain a writing fluid and that provided for a penstock, carrying apen, Suitable for the reception and retention of pens and paper,carrying also on the containers, means for locking and sealing the inkand writing materials other than the penstock.

The details of construction and arrangement of parts and theadaptability of the mechanism to the accomplishment of the object willfully appear from the ensuing specific description, when read inconnection with the accompanying drawings forming Vpart hereof whereinthe preferred and a modied embodiment of the invention are illustrated.

Figure 1 is a top view of the principal member, alone, it beinghereinafter designated as the receptacle. Fig Q represents the member inwhich a writing pen may be placed and confined after use, said memberhereinafter to be designated as the pen container. It is suitably formedt0 be fitted into the smaller of the two round compartments shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional I view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a perspectiveview of a member employed to shift the seals attached thereto fromopening 1 of the two round compartments and the rectangular centralopening, 2, whenever it is required that these shall be opened to obtainaccess to their contents, and then closed, after use, said member beinghereinafter designated as the arm, and Fig. 5 is a side view of same.Fig. 6 is a perspective eX- terior view of the bottom of the device, andof a small strip of material suitable for a cross-base, designed toincrease the basearea, tovprevent the container tipping over as a resultof only slight disturbance. Fig. T represents a combined penstock andpoint, drawn out full length for use, and Fig. 8 represents the samewith a lower portion drawn within the upper part, preparatory forinsertion within the pen container. Fig. 9 is a side view of thereceptacle alone with the seals locked in place, and Fig. 10 is the samewith the arm shifted on its axle after being unlocked to release theseals. Fig. 11 represents a slight modification of the invention.

rFhe following is a more specific description, reference being had tofigures, like reference figures representing identical parts in theseveral views except that a mere continuation of the same series ofreference figures are used in the modification. Reference numerals 1, 2and 3 designate compartments in the receptacle, of which Fig. 1 is a topview. This member may be of glass, wood, metal, Celluloid, fiber or hardrubber. These compartments extend to the bottom, 4, leaving therelatively thin shell, 5, the thicker shell, 6, and the walls, 7. Theelement represented by numeral 2, (the pen container), comprises thebutton, 8, and the leg, 9, which has formed centrally therein'the roundyopening, 10, into which the pen, shortened as seen in Fig. 8, isdesigned to be inserted. In order to secure frictional engagementbetween the shell of the leg, 9, and the penstock, 11, as well asbetween said shell and the interior wall of compartment, 3, Said leg isslotted on opposite sides, as seen at 12, and is slightly flattenedadjacent to the slots, causing a slight distention of the intermediateportions, 13, the lower halves of the terminal being drawn together,however, at 14, to facilitate the insertion of the. pen container insaid compartment, 3. L

The opening in the button, 8, is slightly enlarged down to the interiorshoulder 49 to make room for the collar, 15, the latter to be made ofrubber, cork or other yieldable substance, its ofiice being to engagethe portion, 1G, of the cap, 17, of the penstock and frictionally holdit in place while not being used. The rim, 1S, of the -cap will rest inplace on the collar, 15, as seen in Fig. 10.

Preparatory to the act of inserting the pen container in compartment, 3,the arm, 19, is laid on the elevated rim 46 formed on the receptaclearound compartment 3 and the pen container is then insertedsimultaneously through the round compartment, i0, of the arm into thecompartment the under side of the button resting on the rim, 21, of thearm surrounding said compartment, 20. 'The arm carries, attachedthereto, the lining, 22, formed of rubber, or

other elastic material, to seal the central compartment, 2, saidcompartment being designed and suitably formed as a receptacle for asmall roll of writing paper, with space suflicient for the retention ofpen points and other small articles. rl`he arm also carries thepeculiarly formed stopper, 23, for sealing the mouth of the compartment,1, said compartment being designed for reception, and retention ofwriting fluid. The stopper, toA be formed of rubber, cork or otheryieldable material, has a rounded and downwardly projecting center, 2%,and the thin exterior rim, 25, to rest in place on the upper rim, 26, ofthe ink container. An area of the stopper around its border, on itsunder side, is Vflattened and said thin exterior rim, 25, is left,corresponding in area with the narrowest part of the top margin ofcompartment, 1 The stopper may be fastened to the arm by rivetingthrough a hole made in the arm and stopper, as seen at 47 or inl anysuitable manner.

On the outside of the ink container, is the enlargement of the shell ofthe receptacle, 27, in which is the groove, 28, into which the free end,29, of the arm, 19, is pressed simultaneously with pressing the stopperinto the mouth of compartment 1., here designated as the ink container,in the act of sealing the latter. rlhe arm being formed of spring steel,or of other suitable resilient substance, the end, 29, may be presseddownwardly along said trench until the turned point, 30, because ofresilient action, engages the horizontal undercut 31 below the rela--tively sharp edge, 32.- As a. result of effecting this engagement, thelining, 22, frictionally engages the quadrangula rim, 33, of thecompartment 2; likewise, the rim, 25, is by such manipulation, of thearm, brought into tense frictional lcontact with said rim, 26, and aperfect seal of the contents of compartments 1 and 2 results. In orderto intensify the frictional contact of the stopper on rim 26 the arm 19is indented downwardly as seen at 55, whereby small distentions areformed on the opposite side. To shift these sealing members out ofplace, and so obtain access to the containers, a linger tip may be usedat the slightly turned extremity, 34, of the arm to release it whereuponthe arm may be lifted and turned in either direction, for instance, lasshown in Fig. 10. The pen may be then drawn out of the container whichremains in the compartment, 3. The pen is then made full length bypressure on the knob, 39. Additional steps in utilizing the device aretoo obvious to require mention.

A thin strip being removed from the bot-- tom, between points, 35- and36, the thin slab, 37 of resilient material, is made to replace saidstrip, and being centrally riveted, or otherwise attached, to thebottom, as

shown at 3S, a pivot is formed around which the slab may be turned, asoccasion may require, across'the base of the container, to increase theaggregate base-area, lessening the liability of the device to be upsetin use. liVhen the slab is'so turned the receptacle stands evenly on itand the portions 50 of the receptacle. The slab is indented to form thedistentions 5l which when the slab eX- tends lengthwise, fit into thecavities l0 formed in the base of the receptacle, and so fasten theslab.'

rl`he foregoing is a description of one of the simplest and smallestforms of the in-A vention. The' entire structure here de-v scribed andillustrated may be contained, less the enlargement, 27, and the button,S, within a dimension of three inches lengt two inches width, andone-half inch t ness and of course it can be enlarged at In suchformation, the pen ais seen in Fig. is of the usual five inches inlength, and, with the lower portion drawn in, seei in Fig. 8, the lengthis two and three-quarter., inches. rIhe penstoclr is of the usualdiameter, or live sixteenths of an inch, and any style or ordinary sizeofpen point may bev used. The pen container, may, with slightmodification, serve as a container for a fountain pen,` and inasmuch asthe invention may be embodied in various other forms, I Ydo not byreason of the foregoing description and these drawings preclude myselfof theA right to embody it in other forms and to apply it to other uses,consistently with this specification and claims.

Having thus set forth thevspecilication, I claim as follows: l

l. A receptacle comprising'an ink container, a pen container, anintermediate compartment for other materials useful in writing with apen, and means for seiur-v ing, locking and sealing the ink containerand compartment, said means consisting of a flat arm journaled aroundthe neck of the pen container, the arm extending over the compartmentand ink container, carrying sealing means for both, and having ,aterminal acutely bent at its extremity, to facilitate its engagementwithrelatively sharp edged enlargement on the init con tainer. 4

2. A receptacle comprising an ink container, a pen container, anintermediate compartment for other materia-ls useful in writing with apen, and means for securing, locking and sealing the ink container andcompartment, said means consisting of a fiat arm journaled around theneck of the pen container extending over the compartment and inkcontainer, carrying sealing means for both, and having ai terminalacutely bent at its extremity, to facilitate its engagement with a`relatively sharp edged enlargement of the ink container, saidterminalbeing of dimensions correspond-V ing with those of a grooveformed in said enlargement.

3. In a receptacle comprising an ink container, af pen container, anintermediate compartment tor other materials useful in writing with apen, means for securing, locking and sealing the ink container andcompartment. the means comprising a locking arm, formed of resilientmetal or other such suitable material, said arm formed of a thin flatmember journaled around the neck of the pen container and a reduced freeend acutely bent to frictionally engage the relatively sharp edge of anenlargement formed on the receptacle, the reduction of the free endbeing sufficient to lit it into a groove in the enlargement, portions ofthe arm, upon said engagement, resting with resilient torce on sealingmembers attached to it on its under side, said sealing membersregistering with the mouths of the ink container and compartment and infrictional Contact with the rims formed around and about them.

Ll. In a receptacle, a pen container slotted and slightly iattened ontwo opposite sides ot its leg portion and reduced at its lower terminal,said slotted and liattened formation causing frictional engagementbetween the leg portion of the container and the penstock within thecontainer, said container having also the intermediate portionsdistended as a result of said flattening to cause frictional engagementbetween the intermediate portions and the walls of a compartment inthe'receptacle.

5. In a receptacle of the character described, a pen container having abutton, a collar of yieldable material litted into an opening in thebutton and resting on the shoulder formed by the top edge of thecontainer, anda penstock having a cap, said collar rictionally engagingthe cap and holding the penstock within the container.

6. A receptacle containing a compartment for ink and other compartments,separated by partition walls, and means for increasing' base area of thereceptacle, the means consisting of a thin plate of resilient materialcentrally pivoted in a recess formed in the bottom of the receptacle andshiftablc on and around a pivot centrally riveted to the bottom withinthe recess, the plate formed with indcntations on one side andcorresponding distentions on the other, the distentions, in place, infrictional engagement with and in cavities in the bottom of thereceptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this snecification thislst day of September, v1.91

THOMAS C. SPELLING.

